Drilling right after BCT?

March 3rd, 2011, 06:55 AM

Hi everyone, my first post here, and I didn't see this specific question addressed anywhere else. This forum is awesome, BTW. Saved me alot of work.

I'm all set to enlist and ship, but the timing is going to work out such that I get back right in the middle of summer......say I got back from BCT around July 1. Would it possible or even probable that I ended up turning right back around sometime in July and drilling for 2 weeks? I'm thinking of enlisting a little later so I won't have to do that (yeah I know, way to wuss out....but I'm already leaving my family for 9 weeks and giving up 9 paychecks way more than the NG offers to go to BCT. I'd like to minimize the pain this year). Just looking for some idea of what to expect. Thanks!

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I am actually going in 09S, I should have mentioned that. The explanation on where/what I'm going to do between BCT and OCS has been a little murky, but I have an "in" with the unit I want to end up at, so maybe I'll check with them to see when AT is this summer. I guess if I'm drilling with where I want to end up that's time well-spent. I just didn't want (if I could avoid it) having 2 weeks in the field doing something I'm not interested in.

When I returned it was optional to go to AT since I had the obligatory days of AD in for the year already because of IET. Not sure if that still happens or not. I've learned along the way if its an option, to show initiative, comradary and list goes on, one should go anyways, I mean you get paid, but it was still optional. If assigned unit is up for a deployment that changes things and it can become manditory when generally it isnt. This was three years ago now so not sure if it all stands or not.